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May 1: Give Big Big Sky
Join us as we kick off Give Big Gallatin Valley 2025 with a community celebration at the brand-new Big Sky Center for the Arts!
This FREE, family-friendly event brings together 16 local nonprofits for an evening of connection, creativity, and community giving.
- Live Entertainment
- Trivia Bingo with fun prizes
- Kids’ art activities, including a free afterschool art program hosted by the Arts Council
- Nonprofit tabling – learn more about the work being done in Big Sky
Give BIG for the arts. Give BIG for Big Sky.
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm
Location: Big Sky Center for the Arts – 77 Lone Peak Drive, Big Sky, MT 59716
Visit HERE for more information!
Len Hill Park: 2025 Music In The Mountains presented by the Arts Council of Big Sky
For more than a decade, Music in the Mountains has been Montana’s finest free outdoor concert series, featuring the best up-and-coming touring musicians in the country as well as established, well-known artists. Our state-of-the-art venue (Center Stage at Len Hill Park) provides the perfect backdrop for locals and visitors to come together and enjoy incredible live music under the Big Sky. These family-friendly concerts are held every Thursday from late June – early September starting at 6 p.m.including our annual July 4 concert and special Metal in the Mountains concert
Call for food Vendors: Applications are now open for food trucks and vendors for the 2025 season. Mail tamara@bigskyarts.org for details and application.
Application Link: https://www.eventeny.com/events/vendor/?id=30040
Madeline Thunder is working on this year’s poster art for Music in the Mountains and Metal in the Mountains. If you liked her art from the past two years, we know you’re going to love her poster design this year! Along with other merchandise, posters will be available throughout the summer at the merch tent during the concerts!
Know Before You Go!
- The park opens at 6 p.m. each week, and music starts between 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.
- A variety of food and beverage vendors/trucks begin serving at 6pm each week.
- Portable toilets and water bottle refilling stations are on site. Please use them.
- NO PETS (dogs, horses, snakes, etc. including Emotional Support Animals) ARE ALLOWED IN THE PARK.
- NO GLASS CONTAINERS ARE ALLOWED IN THE PARK.
- TOBACCO USE IS PROHIBITED IN THE CONCERT AREA.
THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING AND HELPING US KEEP THE PARK AND BIG SKY COMMUNITY in GREAT SHAPE.
2025 SCHEDULE
June 26, 2025: John ‘Papas’ Gros
July 3, 2025: Yarn
July 4, 2025: Tiny Band
July 10, 2025: moe.
July 17, 2025: The Brothers Comatose
July 24, 2025: Cracker
July 31, 2025: The Jamie McLean Band
August 7, 2025: The Nude Party
August 14, 2025: Zach Person
August 21, 2025: Big Richard
August 28, 2025: Hot Buttered Rum
All April: “Escapes to Yellowstone” Paintings by Alicia Pearson & “The World Travel Painter” Paintings by Marquies Hill at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery
April at the Big Sky Artists Studio & Gallery in the Town Center brings new paintings from 2 emerging artists in the Big Sky Artists Collective: “Escapes to Yellowstone” by Alicia Pearson and “The World Travel Painter” by Marquies Hill
The FIRST FRIDAY opening of the show will be on Friday, April 4th from 5 – 7pm. Locals and visitors are welcome to join us for Sips and Bits. It’s a great chance to meet the artists and members of the Big Sky Artists Collective and to see art from local artists and photographers.
The Big Sky Artists’ Studio and Gallery and many other merchants in the Town Center will be open on the FIRST FRIDAY of every month throughout the year from 5Pm till 7 or 8PM. The Studio & Gallery will always have a new show opening on the First Friday and other merchants also plan to have something special that evening.
The Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery is owned and operated by the members of the Big Sky Artists Collective. New work from members is rotated and featured throughout the year. When you purchase from the Studio & Gallery you are buying original art and supporting local artists from the Big Sky area.
April 1 at The Wilson Hotel: Breakfast in Big Sky
Building a healthier Big Sky: Join the Big Sky Chamber for breakfast from 830am – 10am with Bozeman Health CEO, Dr. Kathryn Bertany. Get the inside scoop on exciting new services and doctors. Learn all the ways Bozeman Health is enhancing our community’s well-being.
Register today! Breakfast in Big Sky
February 22: Arts Council of Big Sky hosts the 13th Annual Auction for the Arts Fundraising Gala
The Arts Council of Big Sky will be hosting the 13th Annual Auction for the Arts fundraising gala on Saturday, February 22, in the Grand Ballroom at the Montage Hotel in Big Sky, Montana. Tickets are on sale!
The event will start at 5 p.m. and include multiple ways to collect new art, make new connections, support artists, and enrich the Big Sky Community. The evening consists of a Quick Finish Live Auction, a Juried Silent Auction, fabulous food and drink, live entertainment, and a paddle raise for accessible arts education.
This annual fundraiser for one of Big Sky’s longest-running non-profits has become one of the year’s most anticipated events and features some of the best local, regional, and national artists. The Auction for the Arts is the only fundraising event that benefits the Arts Council of Big Sky. It is imperative to the organization’s mission to create an art-centric community through artistic events, cultural outreach, public art, and education. Buy tickets HERE.